Course: Social Policy

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Course title Social Policy
Course code KKS/6SP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Knausová Ivana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Social policy within the the market economy; Social security system and instruments; Specific problems and questions of social policy; Assistance to families with children through the state social support, social benefits and social care services; Problems of integration policy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to inform students about problems of social policy of state, its types, functions, principles and implements. Students are introduced important spheres of social policy-questions of poverty,family policy and integration policy.
Students orientation in the basics of social policy and understanding of its significance in the market economy.
Prerequisites
- interest in social sphere and in social problems; - monitoring of events in society; - orientation in sociology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work

- participation in discussion; - presentation of individual work; - discussion-based university exam.
Recommended literature
  • Knausová, I. (2005). Vybrané kapitoly ze sociální politiky. Olomouc:UP.
  • Potůček, M., Radíčová, I. (1998). Sociální politika v Čechách a na Slovensku po roce 1989. Praha:Karolinum.
  • Tomeš, I. (2010). Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. Praha:Portál.


Study plans that include the course
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